Question follow-through · 50999
Water Companies: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the conditions on which water companies' licences are renewed where there is repeated (a) pollution or (b) non-compliance.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the conditions on which water companies' licences are renewed where there is repeated (a) pollution or (b) non-compliance.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
Where companies have failed to meet their statutory or licence obligations, Ofwat have the power to take action through an enforcement order or financial penalty. This Government will continue to work with water sector regulators to hold water companies t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sewers
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Rivers: Pollution Control
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Biodiversity
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Agriculture: Climate Change
21 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33098 on Agriculture: Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Joint Nature Conservation Committee, (b) Commit
Environment Protection: Reviews
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Biodiversity: Environment Protection
21 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide additional funding to (a) climate and (b) nature recovery programmes.
Carbon Emissions: Public and Private Sector
21 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to balance (a) public and (b) private sector responsibilities in achieving net-zero targets.
Biodiversity: Planning Permission
21 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the timeline for local authorities to incorporate biodiversity targets into their local plans.
Animals: Import Controls
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Rescue Services: Dogs and Cats
4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to regulate dog and cat rescue services.
Forests: Commodities
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